One of the Aurora, Colorado shooting victims Caleb Medley just became a father to a brand new baby boy Hugo Jackson Medley, yesterday, July 24. Unfortunately, the rising comic wasn’t able to witness the birth because he was still laying in a hospital bed in a coma several floors below the OB ward while his wife Katie Medley gave birth upstairs.

He was one of the 70 people who were shot last Saturday, early morning, by a crazed gunman who reigned terror to a room full of innocent movie goers. He was lucky to have not died immediately as 12 others did that day. And, recently, there have been some improvement.

“Caleb showed signs that he could recognize that Katie and his newborn son were with him in the room,” reads an update posted to update posted on the “Support Caleb Medley” Facebook page. “His blood pressure rose, his pulse rose, and he was squeezing Katie’s hand harder than he has since he’s been in the hospital.”

The couple had decided to catch the midnight showing of the latest Batman movie, Dark Knight Rises, as a last date night before the birth of their first child. The couple are high school sweethearts. Sadly, the Medley’s are among the millions of Americans without health insurance and face hospital bills up to $2million dollars. The family has raised over $250,000 so far in an online campaign to pay his bills.

Will definitely make my way over there today, to make a donation and to help a new family in need.

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In the aftermath of yesterday’s theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado during a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie, Dark Knight Rises, many people are concerned over the fact that the youngest victim was a three-month old baby. What was a baby doing in a midnight showing, some asked. The young mom and her 3 month old son and young 4-year old daughter were in the theater with the baby’s dad when 24-year old James Holmes, a recent University of Colorado PhD neurosciences student burst in through the movie theater shooting an automatic weapon after tear gassing the place. The couple, Jamie Rohrs and Patricia Legarreta, with their baby spoke with Diane Sawyer recently.

I was ready to defend their decision because when you just have a baby and are stuck home sometimes, you lose your marbles and all sense of judgment and just want out! Granted, some will say the lack of good judgment is something that could be expected of younger parents who maybe are still interested in fun and would but enjoyment and a good time ahead of their babies. Okay, sure. However, they said they expected the kids to sleep through it – even though it is a loud action movie – and really didn’t mean to expose their young child to all the violence that can be expected in a movie like that. I’ll buy it. Sure.

But then this morning, one of my friends posted this article from the UK Daily Mail on his Facebook wall which said the Rohrs left his girlfriend and two kids in the theater to save himself before coming back. He later proposed to the Legarreta in the hospital, perhaps out of guilt, out of realizing how precious life is or both.

It’s very hard to judge people’s gut instincts in tough times and traumatic situations like this one was. You never know what YOU would do until you’re in that position. Although, I’m thinking most parents would say they would definitely not abandon their children in a theater with a crazy gunman, though. But it is also quite easy to blame it on youth and immaturity, which may have played a role in the choices made that night and before.

What do you think? Should the parents have skipped out on the showing together when they realized they didn’t have or could not afford a baby sitter? Could you relate to the frustration of wanting to be among the first to see the latest hot movie and just wanting to get out the house, even if it is at midnight and your young daughter should be in bed?

I’m thinking their youth and inexperience with the media, as most people have, didn’t tell them they should turn down interviews and stay away from the media spotlight for people to judge and suggest that child protective services be called in to see whether they are neglectful in other parts of their parenting lives. Hmmm.

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Madonna‘s ex Guy Ritchie is expecting again! His girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley debuted a substantial “bump” at the Dark Knight Rises premiere last night, July 18, at The Empire Cinema and Odeon Leicester Square in London. The couple welcomed their first kid, a son, Ralph in September 2011. Ritchie is dad to 11-year old Rocco with ex wife Madonna and their 6-year old jointly adopted son David from Malawi.

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